October 2017 Agenda—Ponca City, Oklahoma

Getting Connected

Digitally…Socially…Spiritually

While we are all getting settled, please grab yourself a morning snack. Then, get connected to the internet. (hopefully)

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Wi-Fi Passcode: lutheranwhite

To find today’s agenda:

tec21connect.com

Hover over “Workshops” tab

Click “2016/2017 Agendas”

Select Ponca City

October

Make sure you are also logged into Google.

Then, let’s talk about how we have been over the past month!

✝Devotion

Let’s mix business and pleasure by diving into our content today through our devotion. We will be making a digital story of the 23rd Psalm. On the slide show above, each have been assigned one slide that correlates to one verse. This is your slide, make it your own with images, GIFS, texts, etc. as you depict the verse.

Announcements & Review

1. Upcoming events:

The next workshop date is scheduled for Thursday, November 9.

#LuthEd Twitter chats take place on Monday evenings from 8:00-9:00CST throughout the school year.

2. As a TEC21 Workshop Program participant, you should have received some information by now from Concordia University–Nebraska pertaining to college credit opportunities. We’re very thankful to be able to partner in ministry with CUNE in this way. Many teachers have been blessed through this arrangement over the years. It’s something definitely worth considering!

For those who do decide to pursue this, the facilitators will use the following rubric to assign a letter grade after the final workshop – EDUC 513 Course Rubric. Take a few minutes to review the grading criteria. We look at it this way in that it’s simply applying your TEC21 take-a-ways in your classroom with your students following the workshops each month and plugging into our online Google+ TEC21 Educators community throughout the school year–both of which you’re doing as a part of this program any way. So, it’s just an added bonus to reward you for your efforts!

Remember that TEC21 is considered a second semester class- EDUC 513. To receive college credit, apply online between December 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018.

3. Wow! Look at how many Lutheran school teachers are now a part of the TEC21 Educators community! Isn’t it awesome what technology can afford us to do? This is powerful and a game changer for Lutheran educators today. It’ll enable us to support one another in-between workshops and for years and years to come

Any “How to” and “Why” questions regarding the Google+ community? How and/or why do I add a picture to my profile? How and/or why do I link a web page when I post? What does the +1 button mean? What happens when I do this +Brent Dieckhoff? How does the poll feature work and why might I use it? How do I manage notifications?

4. Let’s take some time to reflect on last month’s TEC21 Challenges and share experiences. What were some successes? Tell us about any challenges you faced?

Goals

1. Discover the value of digital storytelling.

2. Explore digital storytelling tools and resources to use with your students.

3. Identify a tool or resource to share with another teacher at your school.

“The question that must be asked every day is, ‘What is BEST for this learner?'” ~ George Couros

Digital Storytelling

Storytelling

Everyone has a story to tell and digital storytelling can enable the author in each to come out. By combining writing of good stories with digital tools students become authors with a global audience.

What is Digital Story Telling?

the combining of narrative with digital content like images, sound, or video.

Stopmotion Video

Paper Slide Video

Paper Slide Videos are a quick way to do a one-take recording of students teaching information. Use your iPad or iPhone in video mode and slide the prepared papers in one at a time as you talk about each, telling the story of what you learned or wrote.

Digital Citizenship Integration

What aspects of digital citizenship need to be addressed when creating digital storytelling projects?

Internet Safety

Privacy & Security

Relationships & Communication

Cyberbullying

Digital Footprint & Reputation

Self-image & Identity

Information Literacy

Creative Credit & Copyright

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think.” ~ James Beattie

Little or No Prep Tools & Resources

Grab your camera! Let’s ChatterPix! Chatterpix Kids can make anything talk — pets, friends, doodles, and more.
Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice. Then share your Pix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. And best of all, it’s FREE!

Educreations is a unique interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool that’s simple, powerful, and fun to use. Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you explain any concept. Teachers can create short instructional videos and share them instantly with students, or ask students to show what they know and help friends learn something new.

Get Stop Motion Studio, the world’s easiest app to get you into stop motion moviemaking today!

Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice.

Project Development

Sharing! We are each other’s BEST resources

The TEC21 Facilitators read The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros this summer. The book was thought-provoking and inspiring, so we’ve decided to include a few of his quotes to our agendas throughout this year as food for thought.